Believe in Bristol is sending a mixed message with their website. Tagged at the bottom of the site is, Legend Web Works LLC., the company that created this site for them. Oops, this firm is out of Cincinnati. We have ample talent here and specifically Bristol that could deliver a much better product.
A short interview clip and song from local singer Reagan Boggs.
Here is a recap of the Bristol Food City 500 this weekend.
Last year Jose Castillo of thinkjose.com rode the barstool of death. What madness will he uncover this year?
The NASCAR Race at Bristol is one that the fans and drivers look forward to every year.
I saw the 2008 Bristol Rhythm and Roots line up announcement on David Cate’s blog idav. Checkout their video, sounds like a good one.
And, speaking of music, David also has a video of Charlie Goodwin performing live on Studio One.
Below is a map that includes businesses that offer free Wi-Fi in the Tri-Cities. The map is maintained by GeekSouth, but is editable by anyone who might like to contribute. If you know of any businesses offering free wi-fi, please include them in the map. This map now has a permanent home on the free Wi-Fi page.
Thomas and I just spoke at the regional Public Relations event in Johnson City, TN. We presented on blogging and podcasting 101. It was a great meeting with about 40 PR professionals from regional companies like Eastman , Bristol Motor Speedway , Tri-Cities Regional Airport , and a host of others. Thanks to all the great questions and feel free to post here with further questions or comments.
Here is the pdf BloggingPodcasting101.pdf with the notes from the presentation.
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Thanks again to Amanda at the TRI , Lee at Milligan , and Bob with General Morgan Inn for having us in to speak.
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It’s official! The geek dinner-get together has become a reality and our first one is next week. Wednesday December 21, 7pm at Panera Bread in Johnson City, TN.
So bring your laptop for the free wireless, your thoughts to share on everything blog-podcast-geekdom, and your contact info to share with other like minded tech savvy folks. I will be sharing some ideas on podcasting and the internet as a way to build a network of like-minded people.
I have set up a writeboard
(password: panera) to catalog who is coming so we can prepare nametags and some other potential goodies to give away. Click the link, enter the password, edit the page with your name and link, and then show up on Wed. Also please let us know if you have anyone interested in possibly sponsoring future events.
Thanks and I would like to thank Austin, Tim, and Jeff for their support in getting this together.
See you on Wednesday!
Jose Castillo
The strike against Sprint in the Tri-Cities has come to an end (story here). Union leaders came to an agreement with company officials regarding back-to-work issues. Union members did indeed vote on the contract on Friday, and it was approved by a “close margin.” From what I hear, Sprint employees are not at all happy about the new contract; I get the impression that most voted on it just to end this long two-month ordeal. One employee from Johnson City told the Times-News, “It’s a big corporation, and I guess we’re outnumbered is what it broke down to.” I believe that national CWA officials did fail the workers; they treated every strike across the nation on an individual basis. This gave the union less power in bargaining. If they would have kept all members on strike until everyone got a contract; Sprint might have been more willing to give more. You don’t have much power using 300 some people to fight against a muli-million dollar corporation. You do have power, however, when you use thousands! Hopefully the union will treat this as a lesson and will come up with a better strategy next time around.
